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Bulaq
Sign in to saveBoulaq ( from "guard, customs post"), is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Boulaq
- Settlement.native_name
- بولاق
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bulak from Ghezireh.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Boulaq from Ghezireh, 1902.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cairo
- Settlement.established_date
- 15th century
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- +3
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Boulaq ( from "guard, customs post"), is a district of Cairo, in Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.
==History== thumb|left|Bulaq and Zamalek (undeveloped, and labeled as "Bulaq Island"), in the c.1800 ''[[Description de l'Égypte'']] The westward shift of the Nile, especially between 1050 and 1350, made land available on its eastern side. There the development of Bulaq began in the 15th century. In this century, under sultan Barsbay Bulaq became the main port of Cairo.